QCK WIT: 07/21/11

My Statement

"Let me emphatically say that I am not anti-Facebook (Fleecebook), anti-smart phone, anti-Microsoft, anti-Apple, anti-Google or anti-Internet. I do believe, though, that the consumer is being ripped off of his privacy, identity and purchase history. We are being herded into a Facebook corner where what we "Like" and where we go physically and on the net will be scrutinized and sold numerous times to actually corrode and erode our culture while tempting us only with convenience, high tech and flashing video screens. The unsuspecting consumers need to be aware..." - Gary Lapman

Quote of Note

"Common sense is not so common. " -Voltaire

“Fame is vapor, popularity an accident, riches take wing, but only character endures.” - Matthew McConaughey

"In order to keep a true perspective of one's importance, everyone should have a dog that will worship him and a cat that will ignore him"

"Sometimes the road less traveled is less traveled for a reason" - Jerry Seinfeld

"Fleecebook is free, you (and your identity) is the product!" - Gary Lapman

"Christmas is a necessity. There has to be at least one day of the year to remind us that we're here for something else besides ourselves." - Eric Sevareid

"'Smart' phones are only smart for the cell phone providers!" - Gary Lapman

"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." -- Charles Babbage (1791-1871)

“Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. THAT'S relativity.” -Albert Einstein

"Technology creates the illusion of companionship without the intimacy of friendship." - unknown

"No worry, there's an app for that..." - Gary Lapman

Thursday, July 21, 2011

Celebrities Visiting....

Sometimes I wish I had paid more attention to my dog when I take him out to do his binness... He waddles about sniffing to look for an appropriate and deserving place. Bottom line is, though, if he can't screw it or eat it, he pisses on it! Works for me too, especially regarding lawyers, banks, politicians and salesmen.

My daughter works in a small store on State Street (Santa Barbara) and says that Leonardo DiCaprio and Blake Lively came in and shopped today. She sold them some baby toys.

Here's the latest: If you are somewhat weird celebrity, or just like the idea of naming your kids with strange first names- don't do it in New Zealand. They have outlawed a whole long list of unacceptable names, such as Lucifer, Duke, Messiah, Bishop, Baron, General, Judge, King, Knight and Mr. I wouldn't be surprised if you'd have to submit the proposed name and await approval, kind of like a special license plate for your car.